Ugh. Sometimes, the code you're writing sucks, and the library's API sucks, and the language reference sucks, and everything you have to eat in your cupboard sucks. You know what doesn't suck? The Nintendo Switch screenshot button. I'm not sure I've ever seen a new device feature I approve of so wholeheartedly. There's no confusing … Continue reading The Screenshot Button
LibreOffice Reflection
No, I don't know how to do LibreOffice Basic reflection. I'm kinda ticked about it. Spent ages trying to find how to get the area of a selection (y'know, the entirety of what a selection is?), found a ton of splintered documents and couldn't tell whether they were even applicable (and they were largely unhelpful … Continue reading LibreOffice Reflection
OpenSCAD dependency management
Working with OpenSCAD for a few weeks, I quickly wished there was an easy dependency manager. None of the options appealed to me, so I made my own. It could actually be used with most any language, really, and is basically just a script that invokes Git to clone dependencies into a folder in your … Continue reading OpenSCAD dependency management
How to tie your tie the right length
TL;DR near the bottom. So for years, almost every Sunday I'd have to re-tie my tie in order to get it the right length. I tried looking up tricks, and found nothing. The method I use to tie my tie, you fix the length of the short end, and then tie the long end around … Continue reading How to tie your tie the right length
5 Minute Onion
Here's a tip I found on the internet somewhere: you can cook an onion in the microwave in 5 min. No special preparation, though I recommend removing the end bits and the outer papery peel. You can microwave it for less if you want more of a crunch. You can cut it up afterwards, and … Continue reading 5 Minute Onion
Taste the volts
A number I've just discovered - putting a 9v battery on your tongue gets you about 2.2A. DEPENDING on the meaning of the antics of my multimeter. For some reason, with the probe connected to the 10A socket, it registered absolutely no current, despite that I could definitely feel SOMETHING happening as usual. When I … Continue reading Taste the volts
The cryptographic brain
Let's consider the future. I've recently developed a bit of a theory. Consider how (afaik) recordings aren't often admissible in court because they can be so easily modified. Consider how you can't trust images anymore because of photoshop et. al. It's becoming easier and easier to fabricate "reality". If you account for improvements in VR … Continue reading The cryptographic brain
IT BEGINS
I've vaguely considered starting a blog for rather a while, now. It took me three days to settle on a name [1], the past two hours fiddling with themes, and it's 2:40 AM and I can't go to bed without making a post, so I'm going to type words into the keyboard until a blog … Continue reading IT BEGINS
